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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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21 |
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AUTHOR:
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Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.) |
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QUOTATION:
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As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO, De Senectute (Of Old Age), book 5, section 15.—Herbert N. Couch, Cicero on the Art of Growing Old, p. 21 (1959). |
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SUBJECTS:
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